a quilt..for boys...

i don't know where this idea came from...probably when i was in my bed. cause  that is the only time it's quiet enough for me to think.

but i got super excited for it.

i wanted a quilt...

that you could cuddle in and be all warm and cozy when you are a babe...

.and then when you get a little older and cuddlin ain't for you (i hate when my babes get to this point of being too cool to cuddle)...you could use your blanket as a car mat...

soon as i had this idea....I immediately went out and bought the fabric for it....cause i do that...(seriously. i could craft for about a year and half and would never have to buy supplies.)

then it sat there while i tried to work out the details in my head......

i drew sketches....(real official like)

(the fabric for the back was 36 by 44...so i made 12 quilt pieces...3 across..4 down.

12 inches by 11 inches (with a quarter inch for seam allowances..)

and sat down and laid it out...

i sat with these three pieces for about 25 min...

and decided i wanted to make it look a lot more piecey looking...

and then i just started hacking and cutting.

 i cut all the brown road pieces 3 inches....to make it all even. and i worked my way down....i'm not a super measurer precise person. so i just eyeballed it and sewed as i went to make sure it was "close enough" kinda my sewing motto...yeah..it's close enough.
i made 12 squares. i thought it would was easier to break it down to squares so you aren't super overwhelmed.
here's the order how i sewed the pieces...

 it makes it so you just have to make nice straight lines. after i had all 12 squares i sewed them to finally get my quilt together..
then i added some car patches...

from this fabric:

 and stitched a couple houses around for fun...

 then i sewed all along the road to make the look of the lines of the road.

added my cute car backing (that i got HERE)

and binded it with orange flannel.

so fun. i had a moment of crap this is going to be ugllllly.
but i actually really like how it turned out!!!